John B. Henderson

John Brooks Henderson (16 November 1826-12 April 1913) was a US Senator from Missouri (R) from 17 January 1862 to 4 March 1869, succeeding Trusten Polk and preceding Carl Schurz.

Biography
John Brooks Henderson was born in Danville, Virginia, and he moved to Lincoln County, Missouri before being admitted to the bar in 1844. He served in the State House of Representatives from 1848 to 1850 and from 1856 to 1860 as a Democratic Party member, and he was commissioned as a Brigadier-General in the US Army during the American Civil War. On 17 January 1862, he was elected to the US Senate, serving a six-year term in the senate as a Republican Party member. He co-authored and co-sponsored the Thirteenth Amendment, which outlawed slavery across the United States. He broke from party ranks by voting for the acquittal of President Andrew Johnson in 1869, and he decided not to run for re-election in 1868. He was involved with local politics for several more years, and he died in Washington DC in 1913.